Brush.



R. J. MONTGOMERY.

BRUSH.

APPLICATION FILED OOT.3, 1912 1,121,652, Patented Dec. 22, 1914.

UNITED strains wam orrion.

ROBERT J. Montreal/innit, or orIIoAeo, ILL-INoIs.

RUSH. i r

To all whom it may concern."

Be it known that I, Ronnnri Mona confirm, a citizen ofthe UnitedStates, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook, n the State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Brushes,

of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings. 1 i v I This invention relates to improvements in brushes and more particularly to toilet brushes.

It has for its leading object to provide a that water can be freely passed through the gle piece of sheet metal.

brush to keep it at all times in a sanitary condition. This object I attain by the construction shown in the drawings and hereinafter specifically described.

That which I believe to be new will be set forth in the claims. I

In the drawings -Figure 1 is a perspective view of the top member of the frame of my improved brush; Fig. 2 is an enlarged perspective view of a portion of the lower member of the frame; Fig. 3 is an enlarged cross-sectional view taken at line 3-3 of Fig. 4; and Fig. 4 is a longitudinal central section through the brush.

Referring to the several figures of the drawing in which corresponding parts. are indicated by like reference numerals-5 and 6 indicate respectively the upper and lower members of the brush frame, each being, in the construction shown, formed from a sin- The member 6 comprises a handle portion 7 from the forward. end of which, and best'made integral therewith, extend a series of channeled strips which are practically the full length of the brush, their front ends being closed to prevent the admission to the channels of dirt and other foreign matter. As shown in Fig. 4 such closing of the front ends of the channels is effected by turning up the front edge of the sheet out of which the channels are stamped so as to form a lip 9 whose upper edge is suitably secured to the forward edge of the upper member 5 of the is a grid-like plate,

Specification of Letters Iatent. V vPat nt dD 22, 1914; Application filed Q ar 3, 1912., Serial no; 1 723,712. I

frame. At regular intervals the sijde walls of each channel are swelled outward to form su tably-shaped chambers 10,, adapted .to re:- ceive the upper ends of the'bristle bunches,

there being a hole punched in the bottornof eachchamber, one of such holes being shown in Fig. 2 and indicated by 11. At intervals the longitudinal openings between the channeled strip are bridged by short braces 12, best made integral with such strips as theycan be easily so left by the use of proper dies that are employedto' stamp the sheet from which the lower member 6 is formed.

The upper member 5 comprises a handle portion 13 fitting over and upon the lower handle portion 7 and with such portion 7. forming the complete brush-handle. fProjecting forward from this handle portion 13 the stamping out of which provides a series of long narrow covering strips 14 of a width and shape to fit over and close the several channeled strips 8, the several strips 14 being connected together at their forward ends by an uncut part 5 is held together by bridging pieces 15. In the v strip 14 is formed a top of each covering longitudinally-extending narrow groove 16, and the bottom of each groove is provided with a series of small holes 17, one of such being over the hole in the bottom ofv each chamber which this upper member 5 is formed are bent down to form flanges 18 that. bear against the sides of the lower member'6.

19 indicates the brush bristles, each bunch being bent on itself as shown and forced through the holes'll and held in place in the chambers 10 by a wire 20 in the usual way.

I have shown the brush back formed of the body portions of the members 5 and 6 curved from side to'side, and I prefer to so form it but it is to be understood that I do not limit myself to so shaping the brush, as I it is evident, of course, that these parts might be made flat or straight instead of curved.

What I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent -is,--

so of the sheet from which this member formed, and being'further braced and 10. The sides of the plate from 1. In a brush, the combination with a I metal plate member provided with a series of channeled strips having openings between them, and bristles secured in the channels of said strips, of a covering device for'said plate member comprising a series of strips secured ever the said series of channeled strips sald covering stripseach having a Wire adapted to be passed through such holes and lie in said grooves.

2. In 9; brush,the combination with a" metal plate member providedvvith a series 0f channeled strips having openings between them, the channel of each strip being Widene'd' at intervals to form chambers, and

bristle bunches secured inthe'said several V cured over and upon the said series of chanchambers, of ecovering device fer said plate member comprisinga series of strips having openings'betweenthem, said strips belng seneled strips, each of said'covering strips having widenedportions adapted to fit over the widened portions of the said channeled strips. 7 it ROBERT J. MONTGOMERY. Witnesses: g

' v RHEA MORRIS,

ALBERT H. ADAMS.

' Gobi of this patent mavb'e obtained m in seat: each, by eddregsing the commiasiener of Patents, i Wilmington, D. 0. i I 

